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TIL Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi lost the tips of two fingers in an industrial accident and was convinced by his factory foreman to continue playing by listening to recordings of famous jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt who only played with two fingers on his fretboard hand.

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